Kunje Surname
Approximately 5,541 people bear this surname
Kunje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 4,548 | 1:3,764 | 507 |
| Afghanistan | 449 | 1:71,611 | 2,138 |
| India | 290 | 1:2,645,053 | 82,860 |
| Zimbabwe | 159 | 1:97,096 | 13,742 |
| Papua New Guinea | 35 | 1:232,963 | 32,024 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Kunje (481) may also be a first name.
Kunje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kunje Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kunje (Hindi: कुन्जे, Marathi: कुंजे, Oriya: କୁେ) is more commonly found in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Kunje click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kunje? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 86,892nd most commonly occurring last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,315,204 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Kunje reside; 85 percent reside in Southern Africa and 85 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 387,696th most commonly used first name worldwide, held by 481 people.
This surname is most widespread in Malawi, where it is borne by 4,548 people, or 1 in 3,764. Aside from Malawi this surname exists in 14 countries. It is also common in Afghanistan, where 8 percent live and India, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kunje Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kunje in the Oriya language | ||
| କୁେ | kue | - |
| Kunje in the Marathi language | ||
| कुंजे | kunje | 92.86 |
| कूंजे | kunje | 7.14 |
| Kunje in the Hindi language | ||
| कुन्जे | kunje | 69.77 |
| कुंजे | kunje | 23.26 |
| कून्जे | kunje | 4.65 |
| कूंजे | kunje | 2.33 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kunje
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